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History of Ahmedabad, Gujarat

1 copy of Muntakhab-i aḥvāl-i zayn al-bilād Aḥmad'ābād

Title: Muntakhab-i aḥvāl-i zayn al-bilād Aḥmad'ābād

Title: منتخب احوالات زين البلاد احمد آباد

Brief history of Ahmedabad in Gujarat (India) from the period preceding the Muslim sultanates to that of Raghunath Rao's rule, possibly compiled by the scribe

Scribe: Mānik Lāʿl ibn Tarang Laʿl of the qawm Bhram Khatrī, resident of Ahmedabad, completed [for Kinoch Forbes] at the haveli of Munshi Bhola Nath son of Sara Bhay

Dated: 11 Shaʿbān 1265/3 July 1849

Language(s): Persian

Physical Description

Form: codex

Extent: 102 ff.

Dimensions (leaf): 437 × 285 mm.

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History

Origin: 11 Shaʿbān 1265/3 July 1849 AH; 3 July 1849 CE ; India

Record Sources

Based on unpublished description in Catalogue of Persian Manuscripts in the India Office Library, vol. 3. Available on British Library Digitised Manuscripts, manuscript number: MSS Eur E207/7_f018r

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MSS Eur E207/7_f018r

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